ETF comparison
SCZ vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
696 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCZ and VGK would leave roughly 9.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGK is 34 bps cheaper than SCZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for SCZ.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with SCZ vs VGK.
Top shared holdings
696 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCZ | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIPLOMA PLC | 0.37% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 2 | BEAZLEY PLC | 0.28% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 3 | IMI PLC | 0.27% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) | 0.26% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | STOREBRAND ASA | 0.24% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 6 | Accelleron Industries AG | 0.24% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 7 | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.24% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 8 | SPIE SA | 0.23% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA | 0.23% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | PSP Swiss Property AG | 0.23% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | HISCOX LTD | 0.22% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | Subsea 7 S.A. | 0.21% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in SCZ
1,358 total- BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED 0.28%
- KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 0.28%
- Niterra Co., Ltd. 0.24%
- ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0.23%
- Shizuoka Financial Group, Inc. 0.23%
- ALS LIMITED 0.21%
- ORICA LIMITED 0.21%
- Mebuki Financial Group, Inc. 0.21%
- NGK Corporation 0.21%
- FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES LTD. 0.21%
Only in VGK
532 total- ASML Holding NV 3.95%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
- Roche Holding AG 1.91%
- Novartis AG 1.81%
- Nestle SA 1.60%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
- Siemens AG 1.49%
- Banco Santander SA 1.28%
- Allianz SE 1.18%
- SAP SE 1.17%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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